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Leader Transformation

The full title of this case study was “Leader Transformation – a side effect of an agile transition”.

Key take-outs for me:

Different parties have different motives and often change driven from the top is feared or regarded as a ‘fad’ to ‘survive’.

Beware early successes- sometimes they create a false sense of confidence which leads to running before one can properly walk

Start from where you are

Mob Programming Case Study

An interesting talk on the before and after effects of having a team practice mob programming. Some of my key take-outs for if you want to try it:

Start by following the rules and then inspect and adapt.

There are some things where mob programming doesn’t work very well, e.g. doing research, where learning is not an outcome of the work, and problems that are still very large.

You need to mob program with a cross-functional team with all the perspectives (problem knowledge, testing expertise, developers, UX, etc.).

You also need to create time for team members to do things on their own i.e. not all of their day is spent with the ‘mob’. This “alone time” could be spent on things that aren’t suited to mob programming and/or other creative initiatives.